[0:00] the frame meter in Street Fighter 6 is
[0:03] an extremely powerful tool that has
[0:06] never been seen before in a fighting
[0:07] games training mode this video will help
[0:10] you understand what you are seeing and
[0:12] the information you can get from it in
[0:14] great detail if you want a quicker
[0:17] summary of what the frame meter is there
[0:19] is a shorter video on this channel that
[0:21] you can search for as well
[0:24] to begin we have to understand that a
[0:26] frame is simply a measurement of time
[0:29] literally you can think of frames in the
[0:32] same way as animation frames fighting
[0:35] games such as Street Fighter 6 process
[0:37] all of its information at a rate of 60
[0:40] frames per second regardless of the
[0:43] refresh rate of your monitor so a frame
[0:46] is essentially just a unit of time
[0:48] equaling 1 60th of a second
[0:51] each box in the frame meter represents
[0:55] that 1 60th of a second AKA a single
[1:00] frame if we slow this down you can see
[1:04] how the animations of Ryu change at each
[1:07] frame so what this Frame meter is
[1:10] showing us is essentially just how long
[1:13] a move lasts when performed
[1:16] one of the most important pieces of
[1:17] information we can get from the frame
[1:19] meters comes from what each of the
[1:21] different colors in the boxes represent
[1:24] in almost every fighting game a move is
[1:27] comprised of three parts one the startup
[1:30] frames which is all of the frames of a
[1:33] move before the move can actually hit an
[1:35] opponent two the active frames which are
[1:39] the frames of a move that can actually
[1:41] contact and hit the opponent M3 recovery
[1:45] frames the follow-through of an attack
[1:48] that has to be completed before the
[1:50] character is free to perform another
[1:52] action
[1:54] it's pretty clear now that the colors
[1:56] shown in the frame meter represent these
[1:58] three states the green boxes are the
[2:00] startup frames the red ones are the
[2:03] active frames and the blue boxes are the
[2:05] recovery frames now if we look at the
[2:08] frame meter Legend provided in the game
[2:10] itself they list these colors more
[2:13] specifically as counter State hitbox
[2:16] appearance period and punish counter
[2:19] State this is because traditionally in
[2:22] many modern fighting games when you are
[2:25] hit during a startup frame the opponent
[2:28] is typically rewarded with a counter hit
[2:31] and this holds true for Street Fighter
[2:33] 6. however when struck during your
[2:36] recovery frames this is referred to as a
[2:39] punish and Street Fighter 6 has turned
[2:42] this into a full-fledged mechanic called
[2:45] punish counters thus in the in-game
[2:48] frame meter Legend startup frames are
[2:51] referred to as counter State and
[2:53] Recovery frames are listed as punish
[2:56] counter state
[2:58] uh as an aside uh getting hit out of
[3:00] active frames also registers as counter
[3:03] hits in Street Fighter 6. uh this
[3:06] actually wasn't the case in streets in
[3:08] in previous Street Fighter games like
[3:09] Street Fighter 5 and Street Fighter 4.
[3:12] now obviously some moves can hit more
[3:15] than one time this is also represented
[3:17] on the frame bar as you can see in this
[3:20] example reuse heavy spin kick AKA The
[3:23] Heavy Tatsu can hit three times so
[3:26] you'll see during the progress of the
[3:28] frame meter filling up three separate
[3:31] chunks of red boxes this is for each
[3:33] time the move can hit reuse medium Tatsu
[3:36] can only hit twice and the light Tatsu
[3:38] can only hit once and you can see that
[3:41] easily here you'll notice that the areas
[3:43] in between each hit are considered
[3:46] punish frames by their blue color so if
[3:50] you do get hit out of those the opponent
[3:52] is rewarded with a punish counter this
[3:55] won't always be the case uh it'll be a
[3:57] move by move basis but this will be true
[4:00] of the majority of multi-hitting moves
[4:04] so now that you know what the three main
[4:06] colors are this also explains what most
[4:09] of the numbers you see are on the frame
[4:12] meter itself they're counting the frames
[4:15] for you for this particular attack there
[4:18] are 11 startup frames so you see 11
[4:21] written on the frame meter at the end of
[4:23] the green startup frames
[4:25] on the other side there are 20 recovery
[4:28] frames for this move so 20 is written at
[4:31] the end of the blue recovery frames also
[4:34] when a move ends the game draws a light
[4:36] blue end bracket on the last frame so
[4:39] you could more easily see when a move
[4:41] ends and we'll see what this is for in a
[4:44] bit
[4:45] however above the frame meter you'll see
[4:48] more data
[4:50] startups should seem obvious but you'll
[4:53] notice that the startup always seems to
[4:56] be one larger than the number written on
[4:58] the frame meter itself
[5:00] in this case the frame meter reads 11
[5:02] and the startup is listed as 12 frames
[5:05] that's because when describing a move
[5:07] startup it has become convention in the
[5:10] fighting game Community to list the time
[5:12] it takes to get to the first active
[5:15] frame as a move startup so it's always
[5:18] the total number of startup frames plus
[5:21] one for the first active frame the
[5:24] reason for this is easier calculations
[5:26] for Combos and punishes but you don't
[5:28] need to know the reason for now just
[5:30] keep in mind that startup listed up here
[5:33] will always be one larger than the total
[5:36] number of actual startup frames
[5:39] it's confusing yes uh but it's too late
[5:42] to go back 15 years and change history
[5:45] uh when the community decided to go this
[5:47] route it's now convention and thankfully
[5:50] Capcom went with our community's
[5:53] convention the more you play fighting
[5:55] games the more you'll learn that knowing
[5:57] the startup of moves is super important
[5:59] so it being listed here is very helpful
[6:04] total frames is just that how many
[6:06] frames your move takes from start to
[6:08] finish nothing crazy to explain here
[6:10] however recovery data that you see here
[6:13] is not the count of recovery frames uh
[6:17] like the number that you see written on
[6:18] the frame meter for now just keep this
[6:22] label in mind uh it will be explained
[6:24] later on in this video
[6:27] so obviously up to this point I've been
[6:30] ignoring the fact that there are
[6:31] actually two bars on the screen well the
[6:35] top bar represents the first player the
[6:37] character you are typically controlling
[6:39] in training mode the Bottom bar
[6:41] represents the second player typically
[6:44] the training dummy
[6:46] okay
[6:47] this is very important so listen
[6:51] carefully
[6:52] literally the boxes directly above and
[6:56] below each other represent the exact
[7:00] same moment in time so if both
[7:04] characters are performing something you
[7:06] can see exactly what state both
[7:09] characters were in at any given specific
[7:13] frame which again is just a moment in
[7:18] time
[7:19] in this example here you can see that
[7:22] Luke starts his move four frames before
[7:24] Ryu does
[7:26] so that's why you'll see four empty
[7:28] boxes in reusebar representing that he
[7:31] wasn't performing any move for those
[7:34] four frames his bar starts to fill up
[7:37] with information part way through the
[7:39] bar once he actually starts his move and
[7:43] you can see the exact moment Ryu starts
[7:45] in comparison to Luke thanks to these
[7:48] Frame data bars again when two actions
[7:51] are occurring at the same time each
[7:53] column of boxes match the exact moment
[7:57] in time
[7:59] so understanding that each column is a
[8:01] moment in time is even more important
[8:04] when it comes to the concepts of hitstun
[8:07] and block stun
[8:09] every move when contacting the opponent
[8:12] causes a predetermined fixed amount of
[8:16] hits done which is the amount of time a
[8:19] character reels when struck and a fixed
[8:22] amount of blocks done which is the
[8:25] amount of time a character is stuck in
[8:27] guarding state after blocking an attack
[8:30] a single attack in Street Fighter 6 well
[8:33] 99 of the time have different lengths of
[8:36] hit stun and block stun with blocks done
[8:39] being shorter than hitstun but both mean
[8:43] that the opponent is stuck in that state
[8:46] until the hits done or block stun ends
[8:51] this is what the Yellow Boxes represent
[8:55] periods of time a character is stuck in
[8:59] either hit stun or block stun as you can
[9:02] see here as soon as Ryu reaches his
[9:05] first active frame AKA a red box and
[9:09] hits Luke Luke's frame meter now starts
[9:13] to fill up with yellow boxes starting at
[9:16] the same time as that first Red Box
[9:18] indicating that he is now beginning his
[9:21] period of hit stun
[9:23] then Ryu completes his move afterwards
[9:25] and Luke goes through the predetermined
[9:28] length of hit stun but you'll notice
[9:31] something
[9:32] Ryu finishes his move
[9:35] before Luke finishes his period of hits
[9:37] done
[9:38] this means Ryu can act for four frames
[9:43] before Luke can this is what we refer to
[9:47] as being Plus in this situation on hit
[9:51] Ryu is plus four
[9:55] but let's see what happens when Luke
[9:58] blocks the same move the block stun is
[10:01] shorter than the hit stun so Luke
[10:04] actually recovers much quicker four
[10:06] frames before Ryu in fact so this time
[10:10] Luke can act for four frames before Ryu
[10:14] this is what we refer to as being minus
[10:17] in this situation Ryu is minus four
[10:22] keep in mind whatever we call the
[10:24] situation for one character it's the
[10:26] exact opposite for the other character
[10:28] Ryu being plus four means Luke is minus
[10:31] four were you being minus four means
[10:33] Luke is plus four
[10:36] so remember the recovery label I told
[10:39] you to remember
[10:40] that's the information this label gives
[10:43] you how plus or minus you are after your
[10:46] action completes as you can see here
[10:49] after heavy punch Ryu is -2 but at the
[10:53] bottom Luke is listed as plus two this
[10:56] is because Luke can act for two frames
[10:58] before Ryu however after heavy kick Ryu
[11:02] is plus one and Luke is minus one so in
[11:06] this instance Ryu can act one frame
[11:08] before Luke
[11:10] so the game counts the advantage for you
[11:12] and displays it here very conveniently
[11:15] under recovery
[11:18] now before we keep going uh there's a
[11:20] couple of clarifications here because
[11:22] I'm sure these questions will come up
[11:24] um one when a move connects there are
[11:27] some frames of Animation where the frame
[11:29] meter doesn't fill up at all uh these
[11:32] are referred to as hit stop uh or block
[11:35] stop even though the game animates a few
[11:38] frames at the point of impact the game's
[11:42] internal clock has technically Frozen
[11:44] time you can see this because the frame
[11:47] meter doesn't change during this period
[11:49] these periods of freeze are there to
[11:53] create a more impactful feel for the
[11:56] moves uh for just visual appeal as well
[11:59] as giving players more time to react to
[12:02] hits for confirms as cancels but they do
[12:05] not count for Frame data at all and uh
[12:09] the second clarification is that at
[12:11] times the frame meter clearly shows that
[12:14] a move has completed but you can still
[12:16] see the character animating before
[12:18] returning to their Idol animation why
[12:21] don't those frames count as recovery
[12:24] well many moves in Street Fighter 6 have
[12:26] extra recovery animation frames that are
[12:29] simply for style or to make sure the
[12:32] moves look natural animation wise when
[12:35] they complete however if you press a
[12:37] button or hold a direction on any of
[12:40] these extra recovery frames you will
[12:42] immediately cancel the animation and do
[12:44] whatever you want but until the frame
[12:47] meter puts that little end bracket on
[12:50] the bars those recovery frames are very
[12:53] real and cannot be interrupted
[12:56] now the frame meter doesn't have to
[12:58] represent only a single action in fact
[13:01] you can stitch moves in succession and
[13:04] they'll be properly displayed on the
[13:06] frame meter one after another here you
[13:09] see Ryu do two standing medium punches
[13:11] and both are displayed in the bar back
[13:13] to back
[13:14] remember the light blue closed bracket I
[13:17] mentioned earlier well this is why they
[13:20] have it so you can more easily see when
[13:22] one move ends and the next one starts
[13:24] however since you can cancel some normal
[13:27] attacks into special moves the normal
[13:30] attack technically never ends and you'll
[13:33] literally see these special moves data
[13:35] overwrite the normal moves data in the
[13:37] frame meter at the moment of the cancel
[13:40] also if a sequence happens to last
[13:43] longer then the frame meter can display
[13:45] it simply wraps around and draws on top
[13:48] of the previous information
[13:51] this isn't for any reason other than
[13:53] there's really no other way they could
[13:55] have displayed this in the limited
[13:57] amount of screen space they had without
[13:59] inundating the screen with bars
[14:02] everywhere uh there's already enough
[14:05] information on the screen as it is
[14:09] and speaking of already enough
[14:11] information as it is the intention of
[14:14] this video was also to show how the
[14:16] frame meter can clearly illustrate the
[14:19] concept of turns in fighting games as
[14:22] well as showing you how to use the frame
[14:24] meter to come up with new combos or to
[14:27] figure out how combos work
[14:29] however I'll potentially be saving this
[14:32] for a part two of this video that I
[14:35] might produce in the future please let
[14:37] me know in the comments if this is
[14:39] something you'd love to see and I'll get
[14:42] started on it right away
[14:44] now before we call it a day here there
[14:47] are a few more colored boxes you'll see
[14:49] in the in-game frame meter Legend and I
[14:52] just want to explain what those are for
[14:56] many actions there are states in which
[14:58] you are committed to the action but are
[15:01] not actually in a counter hit state or a
[15:04] punish counter State these actions are
[15:07] typically movement based such as dashes
[15:11] and jumping for these actions they use a
[15:14] light blue box to represent that you are
[15:16] committed to an action but getting hit
[15:19] out of them results in just a normal hit
[15:22] not any sort of counter
[15:25] many moves in this game are also able to
[15:27] absorb hits universally Drive Perry's
[15:31] and drive impacts can absorb hits and
[15:34] not be stopped characters like mariza
[15:37] have a bunch of armor on a bunch of her
[15:40] attacks as well that can also absorb
[15:43] hits these frames are represented by
[15:46] purple boxes in the frame meter so if
[15:49] you ever feel like you hit the opponent
[15:51] and they went right through it you can
[15:53] double check with the frame meter to see
[15:55] if the move actually has armor in Street
[15:58] Fighter 6 like in Street Fighter 5 there
[16:02] are various forms of invincibility in
[16:04] the game some moves are invincible to
[16:06] literally everything some are only
[16:09] invulnerable to projectiles and some are
[16:12] invincible to everything except
[16:14] projectiles any type of invincibility is
[16:18] represented in the frame meter as
[16:20] striped boxes most characters have a get
[16:24] off me move that when you use the
[16:26] overdrive AKA EX version of the move it
[16:30] has actual invincibility and cannot be
[16:33] hit at all such as reuse OD shodokin aka
[16:38] the ex Dragon punch the frame meter
[16:41] displays this with a striped gray and
[16:43] white box that shows you that you cannot
[16:47] be hit out of these frames at all
[16:52] also it's almost Universal in the game
[16:54] that level one supers can go through
[16:57] attacks but cannot go through
[17:00] projectiles these kind of moves are
[17:03] referred to as strike invincible and
[17:06] these frames are represented in the
[17:08] frame meter as striped red and white
[17:10] boxes
[17:11] and finally some characters have moves
[17:14] that just go through projectiles and
[17:17] only projectiles uh Ken's heavy shot you
[17:20] can for example is designed to be able
[17:22] to pass through projectiles and has even
[17:25] more projectile invincibility when done
[17:27] from his command Dash you can see here
[17:30] how the projectile invincibility frames
[17:32] allow it to pass right through reuse
[17:35] Fireball
[17:37] now it should be noted that the initial
[17:39] active frames seem to also contain
[17:41] projectile invincibility but because
[17:44] they can only display one color at once
[17:46] they prioritize showing the active frame
[17:49] over it being projectile Invincible they
[17:52] could have created yet another color but
[17:54] I think that probably would have gotten
[17:56] a little too confusing and just to show
[17:59] you an example uh of it only being
[18:01] projectile Invincible here is an example
[18:05] of it trading with another strike
[18:09] there are actually more types of
[18:11] invincibility that are not listed in the
[18:14] frame meter which is unfortunate but as
[18:18] I said they were probably worried about
[18:19] making it more complex than it already
[18:22] is uh but moves that for example are
[18:25] invincible to Airborne attacks or moves
[18:28] that are invincible only to throws are
[18:31] not properly represented here in the
[18:33] frame meter perhaps a future patch may
[18:36] add that in or maybe even the release
[18:38] version already has it we'll find out
[18:41] soon enough
[18:43] finally attacks that are just
[18:45] projectiles get their own color boxes
[18:48] that are colored orange are simply
[18:50] periods of time when a projectile can
[18:53] hit during the move but keep in mind
[18:56] some moves like reuse hashogeki AKA his
[19:00] palms strike look like a normal physical
[19:03] strike but actually count as a
[19:06] projectile that's why you see reuse
[19:09] active frames here being orange instead
[19:12] of red that means that strike Invincible
[19:15] moves you know with the red and white
[19:17] stripes will actually get hit by this
[19:20] but projectile Invincible moves with the
[19:23] orange and white stripes will go right
[19:26] through it
[19:27] also these kind of moves cancel out
[19:30] other projectiles like we see were you
[19:33] doing here versus Luke's sandblaster
[19:37] I hope this video has been helpful in
[19:39] helping you learn what the frame meter
[19:41] is used for again there's so much more
[19:45] you can do with it and the intention was
[19:47] to include all of it here but I didn't
[19:50] want to make this video too long so if
[19:53] the demand is there for it leave a
[19:55] comment below and let me know that you
[19:57] want to see a part two explaining how
[19:59] the frame meter can help you understand
[20:01] turns and help you figure out Combos and
[20:05] find out what works as a combo for your
[20:08] character
[20:09] in any case thanks for watching find me
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